A Bittersweet Life

A Korean movie directed by Ji-woon Kim, who also directed A Tale of Two Sisters. Described as a violent thriller by some and an action/noir by others I found this to the latter. Perhaps I’m getting a little desensitised to violence but I really didn’t find this that strong, but it does have its moments, but you do have to wait for them.
The story centres on Seonwoo, a cold blooded ‘enforcer’ for a crime boss. The boss goes away for three days and charges Seonwoo to look after his latest flame, Heesoo, a young cellist. Seonwoo also is placed with the added task of finding out if she’s cheating on the boss. The story then follows Seonwoo as when he finds that she is indeed cheating he’s unable to kill her and her boyfriend without having a better reason. He then also manages to become entangled in a mysterious rivalry between his boss and another gang leader. This all leads to Seonwoo being wanted by all and his only way out is to kill them all first.
All of this doesn’t sound too ground breaking in terms of story line but I think the style of the film and some of the action is different from the norm and well worth checking out.